From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Feb 13 18:02:52 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA27602 for questions-outgoing; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 18:02:52 -0800 (PST) Received: from gdi.uoregon.edu (gdi.uoregon.edu [128.223.170.30]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA27597 for ; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 18:02:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by gdi.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.6.12) with SMTP id SAA00330; Thu, 13 Feb 1997 18:02:40 -0800 (PST) Date: Thu, 13 Feb 1997 18:02:40 -0800 (PST) From: Doug White X-Sender: dwhite@localhost Reply-To: Doug White To: "Daniel T. Hagan" cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Epson Stylus printer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Thu, 13 Feb 1997, Daniel T. Hagan wrote: > I have an Epson Stylus COLOR printer that I am using solely to print text > under FreeBSD 2.1.0-RELEASE. Previously under 2.0.5-RELEASE it functioned > well within expected norms. However, it now takes about 5-7 minutes to > print a _single_ page of text. I am totally baffled as to why this is > occuring. If anyone can give me some insight, I would be greatly > indebted to them. Here is my current /etc/printcap: > > ------ /etc/printcap ------ > # @(#)printcap 5.3 (Berkeley) 6/30/90 > > lp|local line printer:\ > :lp=/dev/lpt0:sd=/var/spool/output/epson:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs: > ------ EOF ---- We have a Stylus Color, but it's hooked up to a friend's workstation that's not always in UNIX mode. It sounds like the port's IRQ is wrong or in use by another device...you might try putting it into polled mode with lptcontrol. I run my HP this way and it's fine. I think these printers have the same goofiness as the HPs, that if you want all the text to finish you have to send it a final formfeed to purge the printer's buffer. > As an aside, if anyone knows of a way to get Epson's to print Postscript, > I would appreciate knowing about it. This isn't a big deal, as I have > access to other printers that can, just not in the same building. Ghostscript will do this very, very nicely -- use the 'stcolor' device. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major